Do You Remember?

I had one of those on my 6 cylinder '58 Ford it would always stick open. I bought it out of my favorite catalog J.C.Whitney. I would patch up the exhaust with the small tin can that V8 tomato juice came in,it was just the right diameter. J.C.Whitney had a great section for the Model A Ford in the early sixties at least I thought so back then. I had and still have Honest Charley catalogs but never ordered anything.too exotic I guess.
 
What about trying to GET A WAY with < STEAL > the glass A & W root beer mugs.
Let alone the taste of the root beer it self. so much better then what they have now !!!!
 
Raised in a gas station, I used to go to sleep hearing the echo of the driveway bell. DING-DING....DING-DING. Dinga da ding ding ding ding ding.......ding. Nobody, ever, even big Cadillacs bought more than five dollars. Most sales were cash, a few had a metal charge-a-plate. The sales ticket for those, as well imprint, got a rubber stamp bearing the station name and address. Some folks, and commercial accounts, just ran a tab. The place for "social" gatherings was down by the wash bay. During the day cars were left for a wash ($1.75). In the evening someone of the local youth set would show up asking to borrow the hose to clean up his pride and joy. This usually created a gathering of guys and dolls, who would joke, tease, and gossip 'til the ride was ready for a cruise.
As far as equipment my favorite mods were trips and lakers. The most curious though, to my young mind, were static straps. I just never could understand or believe in their efficiency. One last item we don't find today, is a five dollar terry cloth seat cover.:)
 
Used to work at the old shell station giving away "Family stamps" and washing down the greasy floors with kerosene. That's when working in a gas station was considered having the best job in the world.
 
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BILL WZOREK said:
What about trying to GET A WAY with < STEAL > the glass A & W root beer mugs.
Let alone the taste of the root beer it self. so much better then what they have now !!!!
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Been there,done that. I would say I have had this mug since 1962 when I turned 16 and was driving. Not much root beer in it since then though but it has been frosty on occasion.
 

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Talkwrench said:
I wish I could remember most of that stuff, back then people had respect for each other, you could even leave your car unlocked.. And if it was stolen they blamed the person that stole it.. Not like now as you would be blamed for leaving your own car unlocked!
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i remember that.
 
I have curb feelers on my '41 Ford. Every year at car shows young one's will ask what the antenna's are for! I usually tell them one is for my cell phone and one is for my computer. I even had a guy blow his horn and motioned me to pull over. At a stop light he said "you have a wire sticking out of your fender."
Another memory: we had a town here in Ohio that had an odd traffic light. The center yellow light was neon arrow that moved clockwise. You could tell when the light was going to change by watching it. Has anyone seen anything like this?
 
Here's another one you guys forgot. How about neon billboards and mechanical billboards. Boy those were great to see lit up at night.
 
FordCustom said:
Do the Oregon/Washington gas stations still have forced full service? That was the only time I remember in recent history where that still happens.
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New Jersey has that. And their prices are cheaper than most of the east coast.

My Grandpa had a roadside Esso station. I remember the tiger tail giveaways. I also remember that we got a matchbox car every time we visited. They came in cardboard boxes not gobs of plastic.
 
I'd borrow my father's Dodge Business Coupe for the drive-ins. (Pay by the head count) The trunk was a mile deep and would hold a passle of kids!
 
ford38v8 said:
I'd borrow my father's Dodge Business Coupe for the drive-ins. (Pay by the head count) The trunk was a mile deep and would hold a passle of kids!
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I'm younger but my 73 Chrysler Newport 4 door could carry a lot of kids and cases of beer into the drivein....:D
 
I pumped gas, and did the full service thing when I was a teenager at an Atlantic-Richfield station in the 60's.
 
Don said:
How about the drive in movies,,,,what fun..
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Don, every Saturday night in the summer time. The theater in the winter months.

A few years back we organized a new car club in my hometown of Spencer, WV, Classic Steel. We thought it would be neat to go to a drive in theater. Our favorite drive-in theater in an adjoining county was open on Saturday nights as a trial to see if it would be profitable. We called and told the owner we would like to have a car show and watch American Graffiti.

The owner gave us two good reasons to abandon the idea.

1) American Graffiti was no longer available on film.

2) She said she couldn't be responsible if our old cars should be damaged by flying beer and whiskey bottles. A sign of the times..

Thanks to the H.A.M.B. for the photo.
 
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